Aw, on the bright side, at least one little girl is very excited for your gifts I'd tell her (& any other kids who ask) that you only give pencils for the first day of school, Halloween, Xmas, & Vtines Day. How many kids do you typically give these to? Would it be possible to have the little mini erasers that you could put on their desks? I always thought it was fun to get those little treats from our teachers.

Aw, on the bright side, at least one little girl is very excited for your gifts I'd tell her (& any other kids who ask) that you only give pencils for the first day of school, Halloween, Xmas, & Vtines Day. How many kids do you typically give these to? Would it be possible to have the little mini erasers that you could put on their desks? I always thought it was fun to get those little treats from our teachers.

I agree. With holidays happening at a rate of every 5 weeks, hitting *all* holidays gets a little extreme.

On the other hand, one of my ex's few good points was that as a teacher, he had a "prize box" for when students did particularly well.

Perhaps a prize box or something like that might be a good compromise.

Emma

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Aw, on the bright side, at least one little girl is very excited for your gifts I'd tell her (& any other kids who ask) that you only give pencils for the first day of school, Halloween, Xmas, & Vtines Day. How many kids do you typically give these to? Would it be possible to have the little mini erasers that you could put on their desks? I always thought it was fun to get those little treats from our teachers.

Last time I gave out about 75 pencils. Not all the students come in at once, so I have to give them the pencils as they come in.

You should never feel guilty for saying "no". The pencils are special treats. If they appear too regularly they will not be appreciated.

DS had a teacher's aide in elementary school who gave candy for every small "holiday" that was listed on the calendar. St. Patrick's Day, Lincoln's birthday, Washington's birthday, Columbus Day, National Smelly Feel Day, etc.